Living Colour Open Letter (to A Landlord) Lyrics

Open Letter (to A Landlord) Lyrics

(V. Reid, Addition lyrics by T. Morris)

Now you can tear a building
down
But you can't erase a memory
These houses may look all run
down
But they have a value you can't see...

This is my
neighborhood
This is where I come from
I call this place my home
You
call this place a slum
You wanna run all the people out
This what you're
all about
Treat poor people just like trash
Turn around and make big
cash

CHORUS: Now you can tear a building down
But you can't erase a
memory
These houses may look all run down
But they have a value you can't
see

Last month there was a fire
I saw seven children die
You sent
flowers to their family
But your sympathy's a lie
Cause every building
that you burn
Is more blood money that you earn
We are forced to
relocate
>From the pain that you create

CHORUS

We lived here
for so many years
Now this house is full of fear
For a profit you will
take control
Where will all the older people go?
There used to be when
kids could play
Without the scourge of drug's decay
Now our kids are
living dead
They crack and blow their lives away

CHORUS

You've
got to fight
You've got a right
To fight for your neighborhood!